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TUCSON & REGION TUCSON & REGION TUCSON & REGION Monday, october 20, 2014 • PaGe a2 Editor: Hipolito R. Corella / 520-573-4101 / [email protected] 4850 S. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85714 Contents are copyrighted by the Arizona Daily Star. Reproduction or other use is strictly prohibited. The Arizona Daily Star (ISSN 888-546X, USPS 030-540) is published daily by Star Publishing Co., 4850 S. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85714. Contact information Chase Rankin, President and Publisher 573-4215 [email protected] Bobbie Jo Buel, Editor 573-4217 [email protected] Joel Rohlik, V.P. Finance 573-4277 [email protected] Mark Henschen,V.P. Circulation & Operations 573-4450 [email protected] John Lundgren, Director Print Operations 573-4469 [email protected] Rob Wisner, Director of Digital Innovation 618-7887 [email protected] Darrell Durham, Marketing Director 573-4412 [email protected] Mike Facemire, Director Info. Tech. 573-4456 [email protected] Hipolito Corella, Senior Editor 573-4101 [email protected] Debbie Kornmiller, Senior Editor 434-4080 [email protected] Jill Jorden Spitz, Senior Editor 573-4177 [email protected] Maria Parham, Editorial Page Editor 573-4116 [email protected] Newsroom: 573-4142 TIPS: [email protected] Advertising Display: 573-4410 Classified: 573-4343 Legal: 573-4292 Death notices: 573-4293 Customer service: 1-800-695-4492 HOME DELIVERY: 8 a.m. Sun./holidays, 6 a.m. Mon.-Sat QUESTIONS: [email protected] HOURS: Mon-Fri: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday: 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., Sunday & holidays: 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Redelivery of missed or damaged papers in metro Tucson until 8 a.m. Mon-Sat and 9 a.m. Sun. Manage your account or order money-saving delivery at www.tucson.com/ezaccess By Yoohyun Jung ARIZONA DAILY STAR Potholes that give you a jolt or two on your commute to work are way too familiar for comfort for Pima Coun- ty residents. A good chunk of us have experienced the sinking feeling of a roadway roller coaster when a sneaky pothole gets the better of our tires. It’s easy to feel resent- ful toward the municipali- ties that are supposed to be taking care of those wicked craters that swoosh the air out of your tires. And they do. Well, sometimes. It all depends on what the county or city can afford to fix and what their priorities are. It’s complicated. To understand how Pima County deals with pot- hole repairs, we spoke to the transportation director, Priscilla Cornelio. About 60 percent of county roads are in poor or failed condition, she said. The budget is tight. Cor- nelio said the department was given $5 million from the general fund this year, which would let it preserve about 31 of the 1,800 miles of paved roads that the county maintains. Routine maintenance can help pre- vent potholes. The county is broken up into five maintenance dis- tricts, which are different from the Board of Supervi- sors districts, she said. They are divided proportionate- ly to the number of miles. Maintenance crews drive around in those districts and inspect how the roads are doing, but they can’t possibly keep track of all of the potholes in existence. “We’re not gonna catch everything,” Cornelio said. “We need you to report the potholes to us.” There isn’t a crew that’s dedicated to repairing pot- holes, she said. There are about 80 people in the By Gabby Ferreira FOR THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR All three seats represent- ing District 11 in the Arizo- na House and Senate will be occupied by fresh faces come January. Of the five can- didates vying to fill those slots, only Republican Steve Smith cur- rently holds of- fice, and that is in the House. Smith is now running against Democrat Jo Holt to fill the seat vacated by retir- ing Sen. Al Melvin. While the candidates be- lieve in carefully examining the state budget to combat the recent budget shortfall, they have different ideas on how to balance the budget and combat border issues. Smith said in order to balance the budget, he would like to increase rev- enue without in- creasing taxes, mentioning the proposed railroad switching yard near Red Rock and regaining control of federal lands. Republican House candidate Vince Leach also mentioned the railroad switching yard as well as Rosemont mine as a way to promote job creation and increase the state’s rev- enue. Democratic House can- didate Holly Lyon also sup- ported Red Rock as a way of building the infrastructure, but said she wants to exam- ine contracts the state has made with private compa- nies to see if they still make financial sense. Republican House can- didate Mark Finchem said that in order to balance the budget, it would take “a combination of cuts and some restructuring of debt.” Holt said she wants to ex- amine tax breaks the state is giving to corporations. Candidates were divided on whether or not to pay the $317 million the state owes schools. Finchem and Smith sup- ported appealing the court’s decision. Leach and Lyon said they want to see where the ap- peal goes; Lyon said that she doesn’t mind the appeal because “it’s good to have a final judgment,” but that the schools should still get money. Leach said he would find the money by selling off state lands. Holt said she doesn’t support fighting the de- cision because the cost of appealing is higher than just paying the schools. She said, “the money can be found” to pay the schools. Lyon and Holt do not sup- port SB 1106, which would give the state $30 million to build a border fence, though they both support a trade- based solution to solving the issues at the border. By William Ascarza SPECIAL TO THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR Bisbee, located in the Mule Mountains between the San Pedro and Sulphur Springs valleys in southeastern Arizona, was Arizona’s premier mining camp by 1900 with its signature mine, the Copper Queen. It was named after San Francisco Judge DeWitt Bisbee, who, although responsible for securing financial backing for the Copper Queen Mine, probably never visited the Mule Mountains. Contrasting fortunes be- set several of the personali- ties who influenced Bisbee’s early mining history, in- cluding George Warren and James Douglas. Prospectors were attract- ed to the colorful outcrop- pings of rich oxide and car- bonate ore bodies located in Tombstone Canyon. An outcrop of cerussite (lead carbonate) in limestone from Bucky O’Neil Hill was discovered by Army scout Jack Dunn while employed in a scouting party from Ft. Bowie (near present-day Willcox) under the com- mand of Lt. John Anthony Rucker in 1877. Dunn later selected War- ren, the namesake of the Warren Mining district, to grubstake his discovery, supplying him with mon- ey, food and supplies in exchange for a share of his mineral finds. Warren took Dunn’s discovery as his own venture, enlisting the finances of others to cut de- velopment costs, multiply his holdings, and increase his profit margin at a later By Stephanie Innes ARIZONA DAILY STAR People in need of free medical and dental care are invited to Saturday’s HopeFest at Kino Stadi- um, 2500 E. Ajo Way. The event, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., is free and open to the pub- lic and is an effort by local businesses, non-prof- its, government and faith communities to help indi- viduals and families who are struggling to afford basic necessities. The event will include 175 volunteer dental pro- fessionals, as well as local doctors, nurse practi- tioners and nurses. Medical volunteers will check vital signs, blood pressure and glucose lev- els, and offer flu shots, HIV testing, pregnancy testing and both eye and hearing tests. HopeFest also will provide groceries, hair- cuts, and clothing and hy- giene items. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday — the day before HopeFest — or- ganizers from the non-profit Hope Net- work Inc. will hold their annual “Pack the Park” donation drive to help stock the event. HopeFest leaders are asking for donations of gently used clothing, hygiene items, canned food, diapers and stuffed animals to be dropped off at Kino Stadium. For more information on the event, go to www. hopefest.com or call 751- 4673. Contact health reporter Stephanie Innes at 573-4134 or email [email protected] Candidates vie for three District 11 seats in AZ House, Senate Holly Lyon, Democratic House candidate Steve Smith, Republican Senate candidate Mark Finchem, Republican House candidate Vince Leach, Republican House candidate Jo Holt, Democratic Senate candidate See DISTRICT 11, A5 ELECTION 2014 HopeFest to be held Saturday Budget tight for pothole repairs, county says KELLY PRESNELL/ARIZONA DAILY STAR Potholes can be a pain, and reporting them to the county is the quickest way to get rid of them, says Priscilla Cornelio. POTHOLE HOTLINES: Got a pothole? Call these guys. Pima County: (520) 740-2639 or make a request online at webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=65988 City of Tucson: For high priority items, please call 791-3154 or 791-3191. After normal working hours or on weekends, please telephone Communications at 791-4144. Communications will then call out repair crews for high priority items. Information from tucsonaz.gov ROAD RUNNER: See POTHOLES, A3 Fortunes made, squandered in the Mule Mountains MINE TALES sale. Dunn later retired as a scout, never having profited from his discovery, and left Arizona for the East in 1885. By 1880, more than 100 claims were recorded or staked, as an influx of pros- pectors and speculators fur- ther developed Mule Gulch. Ore was freighted from Bis- bee to Fairbank, and trans- ported by rail cross-country to Phoenixville, Pennsylva- nia, for processing. Local wood from the slopes of the Mule Moun- tains and distant Huachuca Mountains to the west fu- eled the Rankin & Brayton smelter at the foot of the Copper Queen Glory Hole. Although Warren held one-ninth interest in the Copper Queen Mine, he lost it and a potential fortune worth millions in a foolhardy wager with Tombstone Can- yon neighbor George Atkins in which he claimed he could outrun a man on horseback at 100 yards. The affair oc- curred in front of an audi- ence in the town of Charles- ton, located west of Bisbee along the banks of the San Pedro River, on July 4, 1880. Afterward,Warren squan- dered the profit made on his remaining mining proper- ties, and lived out his years in Bisbee as a drunken derelict. The Copper Queen Mine went through a succession of owners eager to sell for a profit while its ore grade remained high, assaying in some cases at 22 percent copper per one-half ton. Development of the Copper Queen Mine began in earnest in 1881, when Douglas, then a metallur- gical consultant for Phelps, Dodge & Co. and superin- tendent of a copper smelt- er and refinery complex in Phoenixville, saw samples of its ore. Phelps, Dodge & Co. sent Douglas to Arizona to examine several mining claims, including the Atlan- ta, in Bisbee, and the Long- fellow, near Clifton. On Douglas’ advice, Phelps, Dodge & Co. pur- chased the Atlanta claim ad- jacent to the Copper Queen in 1881 for $40,000, subse- quently investing $60,000 on exploration. No profit was made until 1884, when at 210 feet below the surface, the barren limestone was re- placed with a copper-rich ore body of malachite that shortly thereafter was ac- cessed by a crosscut from the Copper Queen Mine. WHO’S WHO IN ARIZONA James Douglas had the insight to recognize the mineral potential that existed below the surface of both the Atlanta and Copper Queen mines. ARIZONA, PREHISTORIC, ABORIGINAL, PIONEER, MODERN George Warren, whose portrait perhaps influenced the likeness of the miner that later appeared on Arizona’s official state seal. Warren died a penniless, drunken derelict. WHO’S WHO IN ARIZONA Army scout Jack Dunn discov- ered an outcropping of cerussite in limestone from Bucky O’Neil Hill in 1877. Dunn never profited from his find. See TALES, A6
